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Mitt Romney

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Mitt Romney is an American politician and businessman currently serving as the junior United States senator from Utah, a position he has held since January 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Romney previously served as the governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007. He gained national prominence as the Republican nominee for president in the 2012 election, where he focused on economic issues and healthcare reform. Throughout his career, Romney has been known for his moderate stance on various issues, including his support for certain aspects of healthcare and education reform.

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Oct 3, 2023

I think that is the fundamental problem with our approach today is that we still continue to hold on to this notion that we can--that we have time.

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Oct 3, 2023

I recognize--we all do--that the South Korean War--the Korean War was, rather, at the outset of the Cold War and in some respects we are facing another Cold War today, not with the former Soviet Union so much as with an assertive China.

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Oct 3, 2023

The sanctions regime has been subject to a lot of leakage.

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Oct 3, 2023

This policy is a failure and has to change.

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Oct 3, 2023

We need to consider something to deter further missile testing and we do not have anything that is doing that right now.

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Oct 3, 2023

At the same time, North Korea has become, at least in my view, more belligerent and more malevolent in the last year or two.

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Oct 3, 2023

It is hard to imagine a place which is more technologically advanced than South Korea, that provides more products to the world than South Korea.

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Oct 3, 2023

The U.S. commitment to this alliance is ironclad.

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Oct 3, 2023

It seems to be that we have gone from pillar to post, guardrail to guardrail.

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Sep 27, 2023

There has not been any allegation yet, any conduct which reaches the constitutional standard for impeachment.

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Sep 19, 2023

If the objective of this hearing was to calm our nerves and give us more confidence that everything is fine, it has not done that. It has underscored the fright that exists in my soul that this is a very dangerous development.

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Sep 19, 2023

If the objective of this hearing was to calm our nerves and give us more confidence that everything is fine, it has not done that. It has underscored the fright that exists in my soul that this is a very dangerous development.

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Sep 18, 2023

The frightening side has the edge, at least in my own thinking.

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Sep 18, 2023

We need to have a separate agency or department of the Federal Government with individuals who focus on AI.

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Sep 18, 2023

If the objective of this hearing was to calm our nerves and give us more confidence that everything is fine, it has not done that. It has underscored the fright that exists in my soul that this is a very dangerous development.

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Sep 18, 2023

I am in the camp of being more terrified about AI, than I am in the camp of those thinking this is going to make everything better for the world.

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Sep 18, 2023

We need to coordinate with other nations and perhaps have some kind of an international consortium or international agreement that relates to AI.

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Sep 12, 2023

I think it'd be a great thing if both President Biden and former President Trump were to stand aside and let their respective party pick someone in the next generation.

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Sep 11, 2023

The fact that the White House has been singularly silent and coddled Hunter Biden suggests an inquiry is not inappropriate.

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Jul 27, 2023

I thank the Senator from Oregon. I agree with him that this amendment is critical. Congress needs to push the Federal Government on this policy. Our government must acknowledge the reality that China is no longer a developing country. I…

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Jul 23, 2023

Left to their own inclinations, expect several of the contenders to stay in the race for a long time. They will split the non-Trump vote giving him the prize. A plurality is all that's needed for a winner take all primaries.

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Jun 14, 2023

Let the record show that the Democratic Party is in the majority in Congress now, so they take full responsibility.

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Jun 14, 2023

It sounds like it is something that has to be executed by the Executive Branch. If they are not moving on that front you are looking to Congress to insist that they do move on that front.

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Jun 14, 2023

I must admit, I am a little frustrated sometimes. We will call for the Administration to do something, on the Executive Branch to do something, and we ask them to do so much stuff that it does not happen.

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